http://bluraytips.com Blu-ray and HD-DVD Technology Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:46:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cnet is reporting that Toshiba is pulling the plug on HD DVD. The writing has been on the wall after suffering defections from the likes of Warner Brothers, Netflix, Best Buy, and others. Blu-ray has one the high definition DVD war. You can read the story from Cnet ... http://bluraytips.com/16/blu-ray-wins-war/ Sony has slashed the price of it's new BDP-300 Blu-ray player by $100 to give it a price tag of $499. In just six months, the price of a Blu-ray player has fallen by 50% (not counting PS3s which Sony sells at a loss) from $1000 to $500. One advantage that Sony ... http://bluraytips.com/15/blu-ray-player-prices-continue-to-fall/ In an effort to compete with HD-DVD players, Sony announced that their BDP-S3000 Blu-ray player will be priced at $599, a $400 drop from the BDP-S1. Their current price is not more in line with HD-DVD players. However, the PS3 is already priced at $599 for the premium version, and $499 for ... http://bluraytips.com/14/sony-drops-price-of-blu-ray-player-to-price-of-a-ps3/ The hacker arnezami has cracked the DRM (digital rights management) for both Blu-ray AND HD-DVD. He found the processing key that allowed them to be decrypted. At some point you'd think the companies would stop spending billions of dollars trying to figure out how to prevent people from making a ... http://bluraytips.com/13/blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-drm-cracked/ Imation has announced that it will start making Blu-ray media disks. It is now the 14th manufacturer to start producing the disks, joining Fuji Photo Film, JVC Americas, LG Electronics, Hitachi Maxell, Memorex Products, Optodisc, Panasonic Corp. of North America, Koninklijke Philips Electronics, Ricoh, Ritek, Sony Electronics, TDK and ... http://bluraytips.com/12/imation-to-start-producing-blu-ray-media/ Now that both formats are out, and some reviews have come on both, I've started really thinking that it might not be a question of which format will beat out the other, but if either format can become mainstream. I started thinking about the challenges it's facing, and here's some I ... http://bluraytips.com/11/can-blu-ray-or-hd-dvd-catch-on/ The Pioneer BDR-101A Blu-ray burner is now shipping. The BDR-101A is an internal drive for the PC. This is the first Blu-ray recorder on the market - currently the competing HD-DVD format has no recorder. The BDR-101A is a 2x recorder, and is also capable of burning DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, ... http://bluraytips.com/10/first-blu-ray-burner-now-shipping/ An analyst firm has reported that Toshiba loses approximatley $200 on each HD-A1 HD-DVD player it sells. The company currently charges $499 for the player, but it's estimated costs for the entire unit are estimated to be in the $700 range. The firm beleives that Toshiba is trying to buy ... http://bluraytips.com/9/toshiba-losing-a-couple-hundred-dollars-on-each-hd-dvd-player/ The first Blu-ray movies have been released today by Sony. The list: 50 First Dates Hitch House of Flying Daggars Terminator The Fifth Element Underworld Evolution XXX (with Vin Diesel) Being released Tuesday: Ultraviolet Crash Terminator 2: Judgement Day Saw Lord of War The Punisher Running down to the store to pick up these latest release might not do much good, however, since there are currently ... http://bluraytips.com/8/first-blu-ray-movies-released-today-by-sony/ PCs will have a major role in deciding which format ultimately wins in the Blu-ray vs HD-DVD format wars. Of the world's three largest computer manufacturers, only Dell has committed to one format - Blu-ray.  Both HP (#2), and Lenovo (#3) are planning on supporting both formats at the moment. Acer just ... http://bluraytips.com/7/the-role-of-pcs-in-the-format-war/